Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-15

all tne space between - nlled with the dox-
ologies OF eternal jubileel-the hosanna Of
angels, song after song rising about the
throne Of God and Of the Lamb In that
pu Q, high place, let him hear US Stopl
hArps of heaven, that our poor cry may Be
heard.
Again, in order to have right heart it
must be forgiving heart. An old writer
says: ITO render good for evil Is God like;
good for good is man like; evil for good devil
like" Which Of these natures have we!
Christ viii have nothing to do with US as
long as we keep any old grudge We have
all been cheated and lied about There are
people who dislike Us so much that IL We
should come down to poverty and disgrace.
they would say: 'Good for himl Didn't /
tell you sol They never have understood
,sus, and never viii. They do not understand
Us Ulsonctifed human nature says: "Wait
Gil YOU get good crack at him, and when at
ldsE 5oh lind him in a tight place, give it to
UrlA Flay him alive. No quarter. Leave
not b rag Of reputation. Jump on him with
both feet Pay him in his own coin-sarcasm
for sarcasm, scorn for scorn, abuse for abuse"
But, my friends, that is not the right kind OF
heart No man ever did so mean a thing
toward us as we have done toward God.
And if we cannot forgive others, how can we
expect God to forgive usl Thousands OF men
have been kept out Of heaven by an unfor-
giving heart.
Here is some one who says: 81 will forgive
that man the wrong he did me about that
house and lot: will forgive that man who
overreached me in q bargain; 1 will forgive
that man who sold me a shoddy overcoat; I
forgive them all-all but one. That man can
not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keep
my hands of Of him If my going to Heaven
depends on my forgiving him, then / will
stay out" Wrong feelingl II man lie to
me once, am not called to trust him again.
If a man betray me once am not called to
put confidence in him again. But would
have no rest il could not offer a sincere
prayer for the temporal and everlasting well
fare of all men, whatever meanness
and outrage they have inflicted upon
me. If you want to get your heart
right, strike match and burn up all your
old grudges and blow the ashes away. "If
you forgive not men their trespasses, neither
will your heavenly Father forgive you your
trespasses." An old Christian black woman
was going along the streets Of New York
with basket Of apples that she had for sale.
A rough sailor ran against her az upset the
basket, ard stood back expecting to hear her
scold fris fully; but she stopped down and
picked uD the apples and said "God forgive
| you, my son, as do" The sailor saw the
meanness of what he had done and felt in
his pocket for his money. and insisted that
she should take it all Though she was black
he called her mother and said: "Forgive
me, mother; will never do anything so
mean again" Ahl there is a power in for
giving spirit to overcome all hardness.
There is no way of conquering men like that
of bestoving upon them your pardon,
whether they will accept it or not.
Again, a right heart is an expectant heart.
It a poor business to be building castles in
the air. Enjoy what you have now. Don't
spoil your comfort in the small house be-
cause you expect larger one. Don't fret
about your income when it is So or "a per day
because you expect to have after awhile
$40 per day, or $40, 900 year, because you ex-
pect it to be $50, 600 year. But about heav-
emily things, the more we think the better.
Those castles are not in the air, but on the
hills, and we have a deed of them in our posses
sion. like to see man all full of heaven.
He talks heaven. He sings heaven. He
prays heaven. He dreams heaven. Some of
us in our sleep have had the good place open
to u.s. We saw the pinnacles in the sky. We
heard the click of the hoofs of the white
horses on which victors rode, and the clap
ping Of the cymbals of eternal triumph. And
while in our sleep we were glad that all our
sor1 owS were over, and burdens done
WITH the throne of God grew whittier, whittier
and whittier, till we opened our eyes and saw
that it was only the sun Of the earthly morn
ing shining on our pillow To have right
heart you need to be filled with this expec-
fancy. 1t would make your privations and
annoyances more bearable
Some talk of heaven as though it were
handsome church, where a few favored spir-
its would come in and sit down on finely
cushioned seats all by themselves and sing
psalms to all eternity. No, no. II saw
great multitude that no man could number
Cto baf tha Ho fhot tol lyad
with me had a golden reed to measure the
city and it was IL 900 furlongs"-that is, 1900
miles in circumference Ahl heaven is not a
| little colony at one corner Of Gods do
minion where a mans entrance depends upon
what kind Of clothes he has on his back and
how much money he has in his purse, but a
vast empire. God grant that the light of
that blessed world may shine upon us in our
last moment.
The toughest time we had in crossing the
ocean was at the mouth Of Liverpool harbor.
| We arrived at nightfall and were obliged to
lie there till the morning waiting for the
rising of the tide before we could go up to
the city. How the vessel pitched and
| writhed in the waterl So sometimes the last
illness of the Christian is struggle. He is
! almost through the voyage. The waves of
temptation toss the soul, but he waits for the
morning. At last the light dawns and the
| tides of joy arise in his soul and he sails up
and casts anchor within the veil.
Is thy heart righta What question can
compare with this in Importance?
It is a business question. Do you not realize
that you will soon have to go out of that
store; that you will soon have to resign that
partnership; that soon among all the millions
Of dollars worth of goods that are sold III
New York YOU will not have the handling OF
yard Of cloth, or a pound of sugar, or pen
nyworth of anything; that soon il confia,,
grafton should start at Central Park and
sweep everything to the Battery, it would
not disturb you; that soon IL every cashier
should abscond, and every insurance com
pany should fail, it would not affect you
What are the questions that stop this side the
grave compared with the questions that
reach beyond it9 Are youmaking losses that
are to be everlastinga Are you making pur
chases for eternityl Are you jobbing fol
time when you might be wholesaling fol
eternity? What question Of the store is sc
broad at the base and SO altitudinous and 81
overwhelming as the question: ''Is thy hear
righta"
thing about father, or mother, or companion
or son, or daughter, that you think is com
parable with this question in importancea Dt
you not realize that by universal and inexor
able law all these relations will be broken up
Your father will be gone, your mother vii
, be gone. your companion will be gone, YOU
child will be gone, you will be gone; and thel
this supernaI question will begin to harves
its chief gains, or deplore its worst losses, rol
, nm into It's mightlest magnitude, or sweep 10
, vast circles. What difference now does
make to Napoleon III whether he triumphe
| or surrendered at Sedanl whether he lived 9
the Tuileries or at Chiselhursta whether .
was Emperor or exilea They laid him out !
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